The move comes just weeks after the Bush administration challenged the US medical establishment to digitalize patient records.
The network, based on dbMotion’s Virtual Patient Record technology, will provide most healthcare organizations in Israel with on-demand and real-time access to integrated medical records.
The dbMotion platform is designed to create secured virtual patient records by connecting a group of care providers and organizations without centralizing their data to offer immediate integrated patient information, enabling clinical staff to improve the quality of care.
The new merger involving Clalit, which has implemented dbMotion for the past four years, and the Sheba and Rambam Medical Centers, with two Hadassa University Hospitals in Jerusalem joining the network in the coming months, is expected to form a cross-enterprise health information network and lead the way toward a national health record in Israel.
According to Zeev Vurembrand, CEO of Clalit, the network is a revolution in patient care management. The result is not only a significant improvement in the quality of diagnosis and care but it also shortens the care cycle and results in considerable savings, thus enabling us to redirect precious resources towards further improvements in healthcare services, he explained.
